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Crude Oil Part 1
The 2009 LA Film Fest will screen "Crude Oil Part 1" at the Hammer Museum.
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An audacious undertaking for both filmmaker and audience, this film installation documents a workday at a remote Chinese oil field, from a stolen nap in a break room to the massive drills plunging into the earth.
http://www.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/Country/CC
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